diff --git a/gnu/packages/mate.scm b/gnu/packages/mate.scm
index fb3c5ab6df..d55d1b4461 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mate.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mate.scm
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ (define-public mate-utils
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("scrollkeeper" ,scrollkeeper)
        ("xorgproto" ,xorgproto)
-       ("yelp-tools" ,yelp-tools)))
+       ("yelp-tools" ,yelp-tools/fixed)))
     (inputs
      `(("atk" ,atk)
        ("cairo" ,cairo)